Spectacle-attacher.



No. 658,630. Patented Sept. 25; I900.

A. M. FELSON.

SPECTACLE ATTACHER.

(Application filed Jude 19, 1900.)

(No Modal.)

ARTIIUR M.

FELSON, OF GOUVERNEUR, NE YORK.

SPECTACLE-ATTACH ER.

SPECIFICAIION formng part of Letters Patent No. 658,630, dated September 25, 1900.

Application filed Tune 19,1900. Serial No. 20,870. (No modal.)

T0 all whom 7225 may concern:

l-3e it known that I, ARTHUR M. FELSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Gouverneur, in the county ot St. Lawrence and State of New York, have invented new and usefnl Improvements in Spectacle-Attachers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to article-attachers, and more specifically to an attacher for specaclcs or eyeglasses.

'lhe object of my invention is to provide a device of this character which will be artistic in design, simple in construction, and reliable and efficient in operation. My improved clasp is so simple that it may be made from two small pieces of sheet metal. It is not liable to be opened by accident, for even after the catch has been nnhooked the clasp still remains closed.

In the drawings which accompany this spccificaion and of which they form a part, Figure 1 is a perspective of my device open. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same closed. Fig. 3 isa rear elevation of the same. Fig. 1 is a perspective of the back membcr of my attacher. Fig. 5 is a perspective of the front member 01: the same With parts broken away. Fig 6 is a detailed longitudinal section taken on the line 6 6 in Fig. 3.

Like numerals of reference denote like parts wherever they occur in the drawings- The nmneral 1 designates the back member of my attacher. It is adapted to be stamped or out from a single piece of metal. This back member 1 has a tongue 2 formed integral therewith, which is appropriately shaped to form a pin 3. Thistongne 2 is bent back at et, so that the pin will extend snbstantially parallel to the back. An aperture 5 is for-mec] in the back 1 to provide an attachment for the catch, to be hereinafter described. A second tongue 6 is also formed integral With the back 1 and is provided with lngs 7 and a small hook S, formed in tegral therewith. The lngs 7 are formed of small tongnes bent at right angles to the plane of the tongue 6. The. hook 8 is made of a small tonge of metal formed from the tongne 6 and appropriately bent to serve for Securing the pin 3. Recesses or dents 9 are made in the back plate 1 to provide bearings for the hinge-pintles.

ders 15 and a tongue 16, which is provided 4 With pintles 17, formed one on each side and integral therewith, and is rounded 011 on the nnder side at 18. The combination of the spring-tongue 6, the pintles 17, the recesscs 9, the lugs 7, and the rounded portion 18 ;form the hinge of the clasp. T0 assemble this hinge, the tongue 6 is pried back and the pintles 17 inserted in the recesses 9. The action of the spring-tongue 6 will hold the pintles 17 firmly in place, and the lugs 7 will keep them from slipping ont during the operatien of opening and closing the clasp.

When the clasp is closed, the catch will engage the back plate 1 at 14. To open the device, grasp the back plate between the fingers and place the thumb on the sloping portidn intermediate the cnrved portions 11 and 12, thereby bowing the back of the 100p and disengaging the catch 13. The clasp will still be held closed by the action of the springtongue 6 on the rounded portion 18 and will not stand open nntil theloop has been raised till the angle the tongue 16 makes with the spring 6 is approximately ninety degrees. When the loop is raised beyondthis position, it will snap back and the tongue 16 will extend parallel to the spring 6, rest on the lugs 7, and be firmly held by said spring.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and wish to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In an article attacher or clasp, the combinatfon, substantially as described, of an integral back member, a spring-tongue, lugs on said tongue, pintle-bearings adjacent to said tongne, a hook adapted to secure a pin and formed on said tongue, and a pin, all forn1ed integral With said back member, a front member or 100p, a catch adapted t0 engage said back mcmber, and pintles adapted to fit said pintle-bearings, both formed integral With said front member.

2. In an article attacher or clasp, the combinaoon, substantially as described, of a back member, means for securing said back member to a garment, pintlebearings in said back member, 21 100p or front member having a flexible bowed back, and provided with pntles adapted to fit said pinole-bearings, and a catch formed ntegral With said 100p and adapted 130 engage the edge of an aperture insaid back member and to be disengaged therefrom by bowing the back of saLid 10 100p.

In testimny whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing Wit* messes.

ARTHUR M. FELSON. Witnesses:

EUGENE H. EMMONS, ARTHUR 'W. ORVIS. 

